[boost] Re: auto-link and comeau?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-29 11:44:23

John Maddock wrote:
>> I'd rather do something like this:
>>
>>    #if defined(BOOST_BZIP2_BINARY)
>>    # define BOOST_LIB_NAME BOOST_BZIP2_BINARY
>>    # define BOOST_AUTO_LINK_NOMANGLE
>>    # include <boost/config/auto_link.hpp>
>>    #endif
> 
> Sounds reasonable to me, there's a first cut at this in mainline cvs now, 
> note that you don't specify a trailing ".lib" to the library name, so 
> something like:
> 
> #define BOOST_LIB_NAME zlib

Can we have something more explicit, and without abbrevs, like

      BOOST_AUTO_LINK_LIBRARY_NAME

??

> #define BOOST_AUTO_LINK_NOMANGLE
> # include <boost/config/auto_link.hpp>
> 
> would link to "zlib.lib".
> 
> John.
> 
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